Lingering rain to fade; Friday to have wind, rain from Helene

NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT MEXICO AREA. ONE OF THEM COMING UP THE GULF COAST. RANDI WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THAT ONE? SO HELENE WILL BE LIKELY A CATEGORY THREE AS IT MAKES ITS WAY TO THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA TOMORROW EVENING. I HAVE THE LATEST TRACK FOR YOU AND SOME OF THE LEFTOVER REMNANT RAIN FROM THAT, AND EVEN SOME GUSTY WINDS. WE’RE TALKING MAX GUST, MAYBE 40 MILES AN HOUR. THAT COULD BE COMING OUR WAY ON FRIDAY FOR US HERE IN CINCINNATI. SO RIGHT NOW IT IS CURRENTLY STILL A TROPICAL STORM WITH 60 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. BUT YOU CAN SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY INTO A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE. AND THEN AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THOSE WARM WATERS OF THE GULF AND HEADS TOWARD THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA. CATEGORY THREE STATUS IS POSSIBLE AS IT MAKES ITS WAY THURSDAY EVENING ON SHORE THERE. BUT OF COURSE, ALL THE WATER GETS PUSHED ONTO THAT WESTERN COAST OF FLORIDA AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. THEN THE REMNANT RAIN HEADS NORTH AND THAT LOW WILL END UP SOMEWHERE IN TENNESSEE OR THE OHIO VALLEY. AND THAT MEANS FOR US, RAIN CHANCES GO BACK UP ON FRIDAY. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST HERE. KIND OF FOCUSED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN HIGHLAND COUNTY. ADAMS COUNTY AND ON INTO AREAS OF BRACKEN, MASON AND ROBERTSON COUNTY. OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO, YOU CAN SEE SOME INTENSE RAIN HERE MOVING TOWARD MAYSVILLE. THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE LIGHTNING WITH IT EARLIER, MAYBE SOME TINY HAIL WITH THAT AS IT PASSES BY JUST SOUTH OF MAYSVILLE AND HEADS IN THE DIRECTION OF MANCHESTER. ALSO SEEING SOME THUNDERSTORMS UP INTO PEEBLES. NOW THAT A HEAVIER BATCH OF RAIN EXITING OUT OF HIGHLAND COUNTY, JUST OUTSIDE OF RAINSBORO ON A WIDER VIEW HERE, LOOKING TO THE SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE BACK IN MASON, ROBERTSON COUNTIES ARE THE ONES CURRENTLY DEALING WITH THE BULK OF THE RAIN, THOUGH SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS HAVE MADE IT INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CAMPBELL COUNTY, THOUGH THE FOCUS OF THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST, THERE’S A CHANCE WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AND OCCASIONAL SPRINKLES POSSIBLE. CHECK IT OUT HERE ON THE FUTURECAST ACTUALLY HAS A PRETTY DECENT HANDLE ON THE EARLY MORNING CHANCE FOR FOCUSED TO THE SOUTHEAST. MAYBE A SPOTTY SHOWER INSIDE THE 275 LOOP, AND THEN GENERALLY CLOUDY SKIES AS WE GO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CAN’T RULE OUT A STRAY AFTERNOON SHOWER. AND THEN TOMORROW KIND OF MORE OF THE SAME CLOUDY SKIES, A PASSING SHOWER POSSIBILITY, BUT MOST OF THE DAY IS PRETTY DRY. THEN WE GET INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. FRIDAY MORNING AND YOU CAN SEE THE REMNANT BANDS OF HELENE MOVING OUR WAY. SO BY MIDNIGHT WE’VE GOT RAIN HERE. STEADY, SOAKING RAIN FOR THE MORNING RUSH AND THEN PICKING UP WITH SOME HEAVIER RAIN MID AFTERNOON AND I THINK MID AFTERNOON. FRIDAY IS WHEN WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME GUSTS, MAYBE 3540 MILES AN HOUR. SO NOT EXTREME BUT YOU KNOW A WINDY AFTERNOON FRIDAY, A WIND DRIVEN RAIN EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING LIKELY TO IMPACT THOSE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES AND THEN EVENTUALLY SLOWLY TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SO BETWEEN TODAY AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR MOST OF GREATER CINCINNATI TO END UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1 TO 2IN OF RAIN. SO DROUGHT BUSTING RAIN CONTINUES FOR US THIS WEEK. TODAY, A SCATTERED SPOTTY SHOWER, ABOUT 77 FOR A HIGH TOMORROW MOSTLY CLOUDY AND 79. AND THEN FRIDAY WEATHER IMPACT DAY BECAUSE OF HALLOWEEN BRINGING US WIND AND RAIN THROUGH TH